"Eilífr" meaning in Old Norse

See Eilífr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈæi̯ːliːβɹ̝] [Norse, West, obsolete], [ˈɛi̯ːliːvr̩] (note: 12th century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalībaʀ). From Proto Germanic Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) or *aiwaz (“always, eternity”), and *lībą (“life”) with added masculine -aʀ (akin to Leifr m from leif f). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gmq-pro|*ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ|tr=*aiwalībaʀ}} Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ), {{der|non|gem-pro|*ainaz||one}} Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Eilífr m, {{non-proper noun|m|Eilífs}} Eilífr m (genitive Eilífs) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-a|Eilíf|form=sing-indef}}, {{non-decl-blank-sing-indef|apd=Eilífana|api=Eilífa|asd=Eilífinn|asi=Eilíf|dpd=Eilífunum|dpi=Eilífum|dsd=Eilífinum|dsi=Eilífi|g=masculine|gpd=Eilífanna|gpi=Eilífa|gsd=Eilífsins|gsi=Eilífs|notes=|npd=Eilífarnir|npi=Eilífar|nsd=Eilífrinn|nsi=Eilífr|stem=strong a-stem|title=Eilífr}}, {{non-decl-cell|Eilífr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Eilíf|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Eilífi|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Eilífs|gsi}} Forms: Eilífs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Eilífr [indefinite, nominative], Eilíf [accusative, indefinite], Eilífi [dative, indefinite], Eilífs [genitive, indefinite], Æilīfʀ [alternative], ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᛦ [alternative], ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᚱ [alternative], ᛂᛚᛁᚠᚱ [alternative]
  1. a male given name, Eilif Tags: masculine Related terms: Eileifr, Eiláfr

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Eilífur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Eilífur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Eilífur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Eilívur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Eilívur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Eilívur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "Eiliv",
            "3": "Eilev",
            "nolb": "1",
            "qq2": "the latter also from Eileifr"
          },
          "expansion": "Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "Elif",
            "3": "Elf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: Elif, Elf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: Elif, Elf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Eliv",
            "3": "Elov",
            "4": "Elof",
            "5": "Elver",
            "6": "Elv",
            "7": "Älffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Elov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Elov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Elov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "Elif"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: Elif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: Elif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Ejlif",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: Ejlif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: Ejlif"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "*ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ",
        "tr": "*aiwalībaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ainaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalībaʀ). From Proto Germanic Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) or *aiwaz (“always, eternity”), and *lībą (“life”) with added masculine -aʀ (akin to Leifr m from leif f).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Eilífs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilíf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Æilīfʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᛦ",
      "roman": "ailifʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᚱ",
      "roman": "ailifr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛂᛚᛁᚠᚱ",
      "roman": "elifr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Eilífr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Eilífs"
      },
      "expansion": "Eilífr m (genitive Eilífs)",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilíf",
        "form": "sing-indef"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "Eilífana",
        "api": "Eilífa",
        "asd": "Eilífinn",
        "asi": "Eilíf",
        "dpd": "Eilífunum",
        "dpi": "Eilífum",
        "dsd": "Eilífinum",
        "dsi": "Eilífi",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "Eilífanna",
        "gpi": "Eilífa",
        "gsd": "Eilífsins",
        "gsi": "Eilífs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "Eilífarnir",
        "npi": "Eilífar",
        "nsd": "Eilífrinn",
        "nsi": "Eilífr",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "Eilífr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-sing-indef"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilíf",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Norse terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Norse terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Eilif"
      ],
      "id": "en-Eilífr-non-name-MMYgwPkd",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Eilif",
          "Eilif#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Eileifr"
        },
        {
          "word": "Eiláfr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæi̯ːliːβɹ̝]",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛi̯ːliːvr̩]",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eilífr"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Eilífur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Eilífur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Eilífur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Eilívur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Eilívur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Eilívur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "Eiliv",
            "3": "Eilev",
            "nolb": "1",
            "qq2": "the latter also from Eileifr"
          },
          "expansion": "Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Eiliv, Eilev (the latter also from Eileifr)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "Elif",
            "3": "Elf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: Elif, Elf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: Elif, Elf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Eliv",
            "3": "Elov",
            "4": "Elof",
            "5": "Elver",
            "6": "Elv",
            "7": "Älffer"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Eliv, Elov, Elof, Elver, Elv, Älffer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Elov",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Elov",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Elov"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "Elif"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: Elif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: Elif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Ejlif",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: Ejlif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: Ejlif"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "*ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ",
        "tr": "*aiwalībaʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ainaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*aiwalībaʀ) or *ᚨᛁᚾᚨᛚᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*ainalībaʀ). From Proto Germanic Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) or *aiwaz (“always, eternity”), and *lībą (“life”) with added masculine -aʀ (akin to Leifr m from leif f).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Eilífs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilíf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eilífs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Æilīfʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᛦ",
      "roman": "ailifʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛁᛚᛁᚠᚱ",
      "roman": "ailifr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛂᛚᛁᚠᚱ",
      "roman": "elifr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Eilífr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Eilífs"
      },
      "expansion": "Eilífr m (genitive Eilífs)",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilíf",
        "form": "sing-indef"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "Eilífana",
        "api": "Eilífa",
        "asd": "Eilífinn",
        "asi": "Eilíf",
        "dpd": "Eilífunum",
        "dpi": "Eilífum",
        "dsd": "Eilífinum",
        "dsi": "Eilífi",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "Eilífanna",
        "gpi": "Eilífa",
        "gsd": "Eilífsins",
        "gsi": "Eilífs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "Eilífarnir",
        "npi": "Eilífar",
        "nsd": "Eilífrinn",
        "nsi": "Eilífr",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "Eilífr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-sing-indef"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilíf",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Eilífs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Eileifr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eiláfr"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse given names",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse male given names",
        "Old Norse masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Norse terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Proto-Norse terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Eilif"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Eilif",
          "Eilif#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæi̯ːliːβɹ̝]",
      "tags": [
        "Norse",
        "West",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛi̯ːliːvr̩]",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eilífr"
}

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